john quincy adams

birth

Jul 11, 1767

john quincy adams is born in Braintree (now Quincy), Massachusetts on july 11 1767 time unknown

sets sail to france

Feb 13, 1778

sets sail from boston to france with his father john adams

sets sail

Jun 17, 1779

quincy adams and his fatehr set sail from L' Orient to Boston
arrive on the 2nd of august

sets aail

Nov 13, 1779

quincy adams and his brother charles set sail with their father john adams from boston to france unknown where they ended up

to paris

Dec 8, 1779

quincy, his brother, and his father travel arcoss spain to reach there final Destination paris france

to amsterdam

Jul 27, 1780

the 3 adams set sail to amsterdam arrive on the 10th of august

job

Jul 7, 1781

quincy adams travels with Francis Dana to St. Petersburg, where he serves as Dana's secretary and translator.

set sail again

Oct 30, 1782

quincy adams leaves St. Petersburg. He travels through Finland, part of Sweden, Denmark, Copenhagen and Hamburg

return to paris

Aug 27, 1783

adams returns to paris france to work for his father as a secretary

rejoins with his mother

Jul 30, 1784

heads to london to rejoin his mother and sister

returns to paris

Aug 13, 1784

returns to paris to help his father while there he he meet Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson

arrives in new yourk

May 21, 1785

he traveled from paris to new youk and arrived on the 17 of july

harvard

Mar 15, 1786

quincy adams is enrolled in harvard as a junior

graduation

Jul 18, 1787

quincy adams graduates from Harvard

Law

Sep 7, 1787

quincy adams leaves Boston for Newburyport. He studies law under Theophilus Parsons

opens law office

Aug 9, 1790

quincy adams opens his first law office his carrer in law was unsuccesful

letter from washington

Jun 3, 1794

quincy receives a letter from washinton giving him the postion of resident minister to The Hague

travels

Sep 17, 1794

quincy adams sails from Boston to England with Thomas Boylston Adams who he names as his secretary.
quincy made a detour to england before finaly arriving at Hague on 6th of november

washington

May 30, 1796

Washington appoints JQA minister plenipotentiary to Portugal adams never takes the postion

his fathers offer

Jun 1, 1797

President John Adams appoints JQA minister plenipotentiary to Prussia.

wedding day

Jul 26, 1797

john quincy adams marries Louisa Catherine Johnson

first born

Apr 12, 1801

his first son is born and is named George Washington Adams.
george washington adams dies of sucide at the age of 27 (1828)

president

Nov 18, 1824

quincy adams runs against andrew jackson and henry clay
none win the majority vote and clay supports adams so adams beats jackson by a handfull of votes